Outbreak of Hepatitis B Virus Infections Associated with Assisted Monitoring of Blood Glucose in an Assisted Living Facility-Virginia, 2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Bender, Thomas John ^a,b   Wise, Matthew E ^b,c   Utah, Okey ^a   Moorman, Anne C ^b   Sharapov, Umid ^b   Drobeniuc, Jan ^b   Khudyakov, Yury ^b   Fricchione, Marielle ^d   White Comstock, Mary Beth ^a   Thompson, Nicola D ^c   Patel, Priti R ^c  

^a VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED MONITORING OF BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS GENOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VIRGINIA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 84871592613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050012     Document Type: Article

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